Spinning, doubling, and twisting machine.



Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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RENEWED 00T 20, 1908.

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909,466, Patented Jan.12,1909.

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FRANCIS SEYMOUR, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND TWSTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed April 23, 1907, Serial No. 369,729. Renewed October20, 1908. Serial No. 458,725.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANCIS SEYMOUR, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning, Doubling,and Twisting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved spinning,doubling and twisting machine which is simple in construction, perfectin operation, composed of few parts and is stopped instantly when athread breaks.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like figures of referenceindicate like parts in all the gures:-Figure 1 is a side view of myimproved spinning, doubling and twisting machine. Fig. 2 is a front viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 ofFig. 2.

There are two spinning spindles 1 and one twisting spindle 2 in eachset, all mounted on a common supporting rail 3 on which a greater orless number of such sets are mounted. The details of the spindles willnot be described as they form no part of the present invention.

The spinning spindles 1 are each provided with a whirl or pulley 4contacting with a driving belt 5 which is maintained in place by anidler 6. Each spindle 1 is mounted vertically on a laterally swingingplate 7 both of which turn around the base of the spindle 2, that is,the pivotal centers of the two spindles 1 coincide with the axis of thespindle 2. Said plates 7 are preferably made triangular as shown in Fig.3 and their inner straight edges face each other. A loop spring 8 hasone end secured in the swinging end of each of said plates 7 and pressesthese plates toward each other as far as a stop pin 9, between the twoplates and projecting from the rail 3, permits.

A vertically movable rod 10 guided at its lower end in the rail 3 and atits upper end in the deck rail 11, is provided directly beneath theplates 7 with the bevel head 12, that is with a downwardly and outwardlyinclined projection on each side. At its upper end the rod 10 has ashoulder 13 which can rest on the top of the deck rail 11, said rodpassing through a slot in said rail permitting up and down movement ofthe rod and also movement toward and from the front edge of the rail,the upper end of the the rail by a flat spring 14 secured to the rod andresting against the rear end of said slot. A feed pulley 15 having a Vshaped circumferential groove 16 is mounted on the rod 10. Two fallers19, each terminating in an eye 2O are pivoted to the rod 1() and eachfaller is provided at its lower end with a toe 21 which can act upon andtrip a tripper 22 pivoted to the rod 10 and having a laterallyprojecting pin 23 on which the toes 21 can act. rlhe tripper 22 normallyis in the position shown in Fig. 1 and out of the path of a trippingwheel 23a having shoulders 24 which is constantly rotated in thedirection from left to right. l/Vhen a faller is released its upper endswings outward and its toe 21 swings' the tripper 22 into position sothat the shoulders 24 of the wheel 23a can strike against the tripperand slightly lift the same and the rod 1 0.

The threads 25 from the two spindles 1 each pass through an eye 26 onthe rod 10, then over guide rods 27, and between said rods through afaller eye. They then pass over a hook 28a, and the doubled thread 2Spasses from the hook 28a around the feed pulley 15 through a guide eye29 to the ring traveler on the ring 30 on the tra-verse rail 31 and fromthis ring traveler on the ring to the-twisting spool 32 on the spindle2.

33 represent the spinning spools on the spindles 1.

The feed pulley 15 is rotated frictionally from a smooth part 36 of therim of the wheel 23a. rlhe twisting spindle 2 is driven from thespinning spindles by friction wheels 34 on the spinning spindles 1engaging a grooved wheel 35 on the twisting spindle 2.

The operation is as followst-Normally the parts are in the positionsshown in Fig. 1, andthe driving belt 5 is in Contact with the whirls ofthe spinning spindles. The doubled threads are fed downward by the feedpulley 15 and at the same time the friction contact between the feedpulley 15 and wheel 23a is broken. lllhen a thread 25 breaks thecorresponding faller drops or swings outward and the rod 10 is lifted bymeans of the tripper 22 and tripping wheel 23a as stated, suflciently tobring the shoulder 13 of the rod 10 above the top of the rail 11 overwhich it is pressed by the spring 14 whereby the rod is locked in raisedposition. As the rod 10 is moved rod being pressed toward the front edgeof upward its beveled head 1Q presses the two plates from each otherwhereby the pulleys of the spinning spindles 1 are moved sufficiently tobring them out of' conta-ct with the driving belt 5 and all threespindles are thus stopped instantly as the spindle 2 is driven only fromthe spindles 1. After the broken thread 25 has been tied the upper endof the rod 10 is pushed back to disengage its shoulder 13 from the topof the vrail 11 and the -rod is then forced down and the spring S forcesthe two plates 7 toward each other whereby the pulleys of the spinningspindles are again brought in contact with the driving belt and allthree spindles are rotated and the contact between t-he feed pulley 15and the wheel Q3 is established. The tied thread. 'holds its faller inoperative position as shown in Fig. 1 thus `permitting the tripper toswing into its normal position in which-it remains until a thread 25again breaks and a toe of a faller tilts lthe tripper into the path ofthe shoulders on the wheel 23a.

Having described my invention what I claim -as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a spinning, doubling and twisting machine,the combination with a twisting spindle, and two spinning spindles, thelat` ter each mounted on a'separate plate pivoted concentric with thetwisting spindle, a driving belt in frictional contact with the spinningspindles', a spring pressing the pivoted plates toward each other, meansfor swinging the plates apart, and a stop motion for operating saidmeans, substantially as set forth.

2. In a spinning, doubling and twisting machine, the combination with atwisting machine and two spinning spindles, the latter each mounted on aseparate plate, concentric with the twisting spindle, a driving belt infrictional contact with the spinning spindles, a spring pressing theplates toward each other, a movable rod between the plates and means onthe same for forcing the plates apart and a stop motion foi operatingsaid rod, substantially as set forth.

3.A In a spinning, doubling and twisting machine, the combination with avertically movable rod, of two spinning spindles and a twisting spindle,two spinning spindle supports pivoted concentric with the twistingspindle upon which supports said rod can act, a tripper on said rod, atripping wheel, fallers for throwing the tripper in the path of thetripping wheel, and a feed pulley mounted on said rod, substantially asset forth.

4L. In a spinning, doubling and twisting machine, the combination with avertically movable rod, of two spinning spindles and a twisting spindle,two spinning spindle supports mounted concentric with the twistingspindle upon which said supports said rod can act, a tripper on saidrod, a tripping wheel, fallers for throwing the tripper in the path ofthe tripping wheel, and a feed pulley mounted on said rod, and means atthe upper end of said rod for automatically locking said rod in raisedposition, sub-` spindles in contact with the belt and a stop motionmeans for shifting the plates for the purpose of breaking contactbetween the belt and spinning spindles, substantially as set forth.

6. In a spinning, doubling and twisting machine, the combination withtwo spinning spindles and a twisting spindle, of a'supporting plate foreacfh spinning spindle, which plates are pivoted concentric with thetwisting spindle, a belt in frictional contact with both spinningspindles, mea-ns for driving the twisting spindle by frictional contactwith the spinning spindles, a spring acting on said plates to hold thespinning spindles in contact with the belt, a vertically movable stopmotion rod, means on the same for pressing the spinning spindlesupporting plates apart, a tripper pivoted on the rod, atripping wheelfor engaging the tripper and mounted ina fixed bearing,fallers on therod and arfeed pulley mounted on the rod and driven by friction from thetripper wheel, substantially as set forth.

7. In a spinning, doubling and twisting machine, the combination withspinning and twisting spindles, of a vertically movable rod, meansactuated by said rod for throwing the spindles out of operation, a feedpulley pivoted on the rod, and `a friction pulley for driving said feedpulley, said friction pulley having rotary motion only, substantially asset forth.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 5th day of April A. D. 1907.

FRANCIS SEYMOUR.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, S. M. BAEDER.

